Turner made a name for himself with “Witchblade” and later “Fathom” pretty much for penciling some of the sultriest heroines in modern comics. Still, he never quite crossed the line of abject objectification. From pouty lips to chiseled abs, Turner portrayed female and male characters alike — slim, detailed and sexy but always with an undercurrent of joie de vivre.

The guy wasn’t all about the scantily-clad hard bodies either. Turner’s cover work for DC’s “Identity Crisis” and Marvel’s “Civil War” showed he could make any costumed character look absolutely cool. I especially dug his “Fantastic Four” and “Thor” covers.

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